Self-lighting smoking tool

ABSTRACT

A self-light smoking tool includes a portable inhaler tube having an inhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamber for receiving a smoking element therein. A lighter includes a flame producing portion detachably coupling with the lighter-adapter end of the inhaler tube. The inhaler tube further includes a plurality of ventilating slots spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a position closed to the lighter-adapter end. Therefore, the self-light smoking tool is extremely portable and has its own lighter such that the user is able to always carry a self-lighting smoking tool with him for smoking purpose.

BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

1. Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a smoking tool, more particularly to aself-lighting smoking tool, which is a portable smoking tool,incorporating with a lighter such that the user is able to operate theself-lighting smoking tool anytime for smoking purpose without lookingfor the lighter.

2. Description of Related Arts

A pipe is a common tool for tobacco smoking typically consists of asmall chamber for the combustion of the tobacco. Generally, the pipe iscommonly made of briar, corncob, meerschaum, and clay. People who wantsto smoking usually use lighter to lit the tobacco inside the pipe.However, no matter which type of smoking tool is, the smokers must carrya lighter or other lighting tool in order to light the tobacco.Accordingly, the tobacco is stopped burning after a period of time.Therefore, the smoker must re-burn the tobacco by the lighter. Thesmokers usually have the experience of borrowing other people's lighterto light the tobacco. In the other hand, it is not easy for people tolight the tobacco in outdoor especially in a windy condition.Furthermore, there are still several drawbacks of the conventionalsmoking tool.

First, the ventilation system of some pipe is not good. Once, theaggressive smokers smoked too quickly, the excess moisture and the heataccumulated in the pipe. Therefore, the temperature of the pipegradually goes up and become uncomfortable hot. It is extremelydangerous because the unmoral high temperature not only may ruin thepipe, but also make his/her hand burned.

Second, cleaning the pipe after smoking is a big issue for maximize andextend the life span of the pipe. Some people use a pipe tool to cleanout the ash and unburned tobacco. However, in some small pipe or longchannel pipe, even using a pipe tool, it is still hard for people toclean the ash and the last bits out. Once, the unburned tobacco and theash doesn't come out during last clean, the flavor of the cigarette orthe tobacco dramatically ruined by the residue element. Moreover,burning the combination of residue and overheated material in pipe mayproduce some unpredicted poison such that the user may inhale to theirlungs, which is harmful to the user's health. Finally, the smokersusually require a tool for adjusting, packing and emptying the tobaccoinside the pipe, and a regular supply of pipe cleaners. The volume ofthe pipe and the tool for cleaning pipe are usually bulky, and hard forpeople to carry them on hand.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

A main object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool is portable suchthat the user is able to always carry a self-lighting smoking tool withhim for smoking purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool increases themodel's portability so as to lessen inconvenient owing to not able tocarry it on my own.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool provides apiezoelectric-type lighter such that the user is able to lighten thesmoking tool in outdoor windy condition.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein each of the ventilating slots is adapted not onlyfor releasing excessive heat from the lighter when the flame isgenerated to the treatment chamber but also for enabling ambient airentering into the treatment chamber when smoke is inhaled at theinhaling end of the inhaler tube.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the ventilating slots to maintain continuity ofenough fresh air supplies.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the ventilating slots provide a good aircirculation system to ensure ambient air entering into the treatmentchamber for enhancing the burning of the smoking element therein forspontaneous combustion.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the inhaler tube comprises a bottom filtering netmounted therein as a bottom wall of the treatment chamber for preventingthe smoking element falling to the flame production of the lighter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the upper and lower filtering nets are provided attwo detachable tubes respectively for easy-cleaning purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-lightingsmoking tool, wherein the lighter housing provides a well-insulated areafor the smoker to hold so as to prevent the high temperature smokingtool from burning his/her hand.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-smokingtool, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool has its own lighter suchthat all those troubles to find a lighter while using a smoking tool arenow history.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-smokingtool, wherein the upper and the lower filtering net provide a way tocirculate the air and ashes prevent from plugging the channel with theashes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a self-smokingtool, wherein the lighter of the self-smoking tool can be replaced byall regular kinds of lighters so as to ensure the self-smoking tool ishighly acceptable on market demand.

Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the presentinvention provides a lighter, comprising a portable inhaler tube and alighter detachably coupling thereto.

The portable inhaler tube has an inhaling end, an opposedlighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamber for receiving a smokingelement therein.

The lighter comprises a flame producing portion detachably coupling withthe lighter-adapter end of the inhaler tube, wherein the lighter isadapted for controllably producing a flame at the flame producingportion towards the treatment chamber to bum the smoking elementtherein, such that once a smoke is generated, the smoke is inhaled atthe inhaling end of the inhaler tube;

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the presentinvention will become apparent from the following detailed description,the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a self-lighting smoking toolaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the self-lighting smoking tool accordingto the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a partial sectional view of a self-lighting smoking toolaccording to the above preferred embodiment, illustrating the lighterproducing a flame at the flame producing portion towards the treatmentchamber.

FIG. 3B is a partial sectional view of a self-lighting smoking toolaccording to the above preferred embodiment, illustrating the smokebeing inhaled at the inhaling end of the inhaler tube.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, a self-lighting smoking toolaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention isillustrated, wherein the self-lighting smoking tool comprises a portableinhaler tube 10 and a lighter 20 detachably coupling with the inhalertube 10.

The inhaler tube 10, which has an elongated tubular structure, has aninhaling end 11, an opposed lighter-adapter end 12 coaxially alignedwith the inhaling end 11, and a treatment chamber 13 for receiving asmoking element, such as tobacco, therein.

The lighter 20 comprises a flame producing portion 21 detachablycoupling with the lighter-adapter end 12 of the inhaler tube, whereinthe lighter 20 is adapted for controllably producing a flame at theflame producing portion 21 towards the treatment chamber 13 to burn thesmoking element therein, as shown in FIG. 3A.

Once a smoke is generated, the smoke is inhaled at the inhaling end 11the inhaler tube 10 as shown in FIG. 3B. An important point of thisinvention is that the self-lighting smoking tool used light iron as itsmaterial and is extremely portable such that the user is able to alwayscarry a self-lighting smoking tool with him for smoking purpose. Becauseof its portability, it totally solved the problems of not being able tocarry it on my own. Finally, with it you wouldn't see the smokers borrowthe fire to light the cigarette on the street.

The inhaler tube 10 further contains a plurality of ventilating slots 14spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a position closed to thelighter-adapter end 12, wherein each of the ventilating slots 14 is athrough slot not only for releasing excessive heat from the lighter 20when the flame is generated to the treatment chamber 13 but also forenabling ambient air entering into the treatment chamber 13 when smokeis inhaled at the inhaling end 11 of the inhaler tube 10. Moreover, theventilating slots 14 provide a good air circulation system to producespontaneous combustion, to maintain continuity of enough fresh airsupplies, and to ensure that there is a free flow of air inside theself-lighting smoking tool.

According to the preferred embodiment, the inhaler tube 10 has anelongated structure that the inhaling end 11 is coaxially aligned withthe lighter-adapter end 12. The inhaler tube 10 comprises a bottomfiltering net 15 mounted therein as a bottom wall of the treatmentchamber 13 for preventing the smoking element falling to the flameproducing portion 21 of the lighter 20. In the other hand, the inhalertube 10 further comprises an upper filtering net 16 mounted therein asan upper wall of the treatment chamber 13 for retaining the smokingelement between the upper and bottom filtering nets 15, 16. Moreover,the upper and lower filtering nets 15, 16 further provide a way tocirculate the air and ashes prevent from plugging the channel with theashes.

It is worth to mention that the smoking element can be formed in atablet or capsule configuration that the smoking element is enclosed byan enclosing net to dispose in the treatment chamber 13. Therefore, theupper and lower filtering nets 15, 16 can be omitted.

The inhaler tube 10 comprises a tubular inhaling guider 17 defining theinhaling end 11 and the treatment chamber 13 thereat, and a tubularlighter guider 18 which is defining the lighter-adapter end 12 thereatand is detachably and coaxially coupling with the inhaling guider 17end-to-end.

The ventilating slots 14 are spacedly formed at the surrounding wall ofthe lighter guider 18 at a position that the ventilating slots 14 arelocated below the bottom filtering net 15. The upper and bottomfiltering nets 16, 15 are formed at the inhaling guider 17 and thelighter guider 18 respectively. It is worth to mention that the upperand lower filtering nets 15, 16 are detached for easily cleaning whenthe inhaling guider 17 and the lighter guider 18 are detached from eachother.

The inhaler tube 10 has an inner threaded portion 19 provided at thelighter-adapter end 12, wherein the lighter 20 has an outer threadedportion 22 provided at the flame producing portion 21 to detachablyengage the inner thread portion 19 of the inhaler tube 10 so as tocoaxially couple the lighter 20 with the inhaler tube 10 in a detachablyattaching manner.

According to the preferred embodiment, the lighter 20 is apiezoelectric-type lighter comprising an elongated lighter casing 23 anda flame nozzle 24 extended to a top end of the lighter casing 23 todefine the flame producing portion 21 of the lighter 20, wherein whenthe top end of the lighter casing 23 is detachably coupled with thelighter-adapter end 12 of the inhaler tube 10, the lighter 20 iscontrollably actuated to produce a torch flame towards the treatmentchamber 13 of the inhaler tube 17. Accordingly, an actuation button 25is slidably mounted at the lighter casing 23 such that when theactuation button 25 is pressed downwardly, the piezoelectric unit (notshown) is depressed to produce the flame at the flame nozzle 24. It isworth to mention that when the flame is produced at the flame nozzle 24,the lighter guider 18 forms a windshield for preventing the flame beingblown off.

The difference between adopting the regular lighter and apiezoelectric-type lighter is that lighting a piezoelectric-type lighteris not restricted by outdoor or bad weather such that the user is ableto lighten the smoking tool in outdoor windy condition. Accordingly, thelighter casing 23 provides a well-insulated area for people to hold soas to prevent the high temperature smoking tool from burning his/herhand.

It is worth to mention that inhaler tube 10 is adapted to incorporatewith the conventional lighter, such as disposable lighter, by detachablycoupling the lighter-adapter end 12 of the inhaler tube 10 to theconventional lighter. Preferably, the self-lighting smoking tool has itsown lighter 20 such that all those troubles to find a lighter whileusing a smoking tool are now history. Practically, the lighter 20 of theself-smoking tool can be replaced by all regular kinds of lighters so asto ensure the self-smoking tool is highly acceptable on market demand.In addition, the self-lighting smoking tool has a pen size for carrying.

According to the preferred embodiment, a self-lighting smoking toolfurther comprises a detachable mouthpiece 30 detachably coupling withthe inhaling end 11 of the inhaler tube 10 for inhaling the smokethereat.

One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of thepresent invention as shown in the drawings and described above isexemplary only and not intended to be limiting.

It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have beenfully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown anddescribed for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structuralprinciples of the present invention and is subject to change withoutdeparture from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes allmodifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the followingclaims.

1. A self-lighting smoking tool, comprising: a portable inhaler tubehaving an inhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatmentchamber for receiving a smoking element therein; and a lighter having aflame producing portion detachably coupling with said lighter-adapterend of said inhaler tube, wherein said lighter is adapted forcontrollably producing a flame at said flame producing portion towardssaid treatment chamber to burn said smoking element therein, such thatonce a smoke is generated, said smoke is inhaled at said inhaling end ofsaid inhaler tube.
 2. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited inclaim 1, wherein said inhaler tube further contains a plurality ofventilating slots spacedly formed at a surrounding wall at a positionclosed to said lighter-adapter end, wherein each of said ventilatingslots is a through slot not only for releasing excessive heat from saidlighter when said flame is generated to said treatment chamber but alsofor enabling ambient air entering into said treatment chamber when saidsmoke is inhaled at said inhaling end of said inhaler tube.
 3. Theself-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 2, wherein said inhalertube has an elongated structure that said inhaling end is coaxiallyaligned with said lighter-adapter end.
 4. The self-lighting smokingtool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube comprises abottom filtering net mounted therein as a bottom wall of said treatmentchamber for preventing said smoking element falling to said flameproducing portion of said lighter.
 5. The self-lighting smoking tool, asrecited in claim 3, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a bottomfiltering net mounted therein as a bottom wall of said treatment chamberfor preventing said smoking element falling to said flame producingportion of said lighter.
 6. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recitedin claim 4, wherein said inhaler tube comprises an upper filtering netmounted therein as an upper wall of said treatment chamber for retainingsaid smoking element between said upper and bottom filtering nets. 7.The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 5, wherein saidinhaler tube comprises an upper filtering net mounted therein as anupper wall of said treatment chamber for retaining said smoking elementbetween said upper and bottom filtering nets.
 8. The self-lightingsmoking tool, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube comprisesa tubular inhaling guider defining said inhaling end and said treatmentchamber thereat, and a tubular lighter guider which is defining saidlighter-adapter end thereat and is detachably and coaxially couplingwith said inhaling guider end-to-end.
 9. The self-lighting smoking tool,as recited in claim 5, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a tubularinhaling guider defining said inhaling end and said treatment chamberthereat, and a tubular lighter guider which is defining saidlighter-adapter end thereat and is detachably and coaxially couplingwith said inhaling guider end-to-end.
 10. The self-lighting smokingtool, as recited in claim 9, wherein said ventilating slots are spacedlyformed at said surrounding wall of said lighter guider at a positionthat said ventilating slots are located below said bottom filtering net.11. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 10, wherein saidupper and bottom filtering nets are formed at said inhaling guider andsaid lighter guider respectively.
 12. The self-lighting smoking tool, asrecited in claim 1, wherein said inhaler tube has an inner threadedportion provided at said lighter-adapter end, wherein said lighter hasan outer threaded portion provided at said flame producing portion todetachably engage with said inner thread portion of said inhaler tube soas to coaxially couple said lighter with said inhaler tube.
 13. Theself-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 11, wherein said inhalertube has an inner threaded portion provided at said lighter-adapter end,wherein said lighter has an outer threaded portion provided at saidflame producing portion to detachably engage with said inner threadportion of said inhaler tube so as to coaxially couple said lighter withsaid inhaler tube.
 14. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited inclaim 1, wherein said lighter, which is a piezoelectric-type lighter,comprises an elongated lighter casing and a flame nozzle extended to atop end of said lighter casing to define said flame producing portion ofsaid lighter, wherein when said top end of said lighter casing isdetachably coupled with said lighter-adapter end of said inhaler tube,said lighter is controllably actuated to produce a torch flame towardssaid treatment chamber of said inhaler tube.
 15. The self-lightingsmoking tool, as recited in claim 13, wherein said lighter, which is apiezoelectric-type lighter, comprises an elongated lighter casing and aflame nozzle extended to a top end of said lighter casing to define saidflame producing portion of said lighter, wherein when said top end ofsaid lighter casing is detachably coupled with said lighter-adapter endof said inhaler tube, said lighter is controllably actuated to produce atorch flame towards said treatment chamber of said inhaler tube.
 16. Aself-lighting smoking tool, comprising a portable inhaler tube having aninhaling end, an opposed lighter-adapter end, and a treatment chamberfor receiving a smoking element therein, wherein said inhaler tube hasan elongated structure that said inhaling end is coaxially aligned withsaid lighter-adapter end, wherein said lighter-adapter end of saidinhaler tube is adapted for detachably coupling with a flame producingportion of a lighter, such that when said lighter is actuated to producea flame at said flame producing portion towards said treatment chamberto burn said smoking element therein, a smoke is inhaled at saidinhaling end of said inhaler tube.
 17. The self-lighting smoking tool,as recited in claim 16, wherein said inhaler tube further contains aplurality of ventilating slots spacedly formed at a surrounding wall ata position closed to said lighter-adapter end, wherein each of saidventilating slots is a through slot not only for releasing excessiveheat from said lighter when said flame is generated to said treatmentchamber but also for enabling ambient air entering into said treatmentchamber when said smoke is inhaled at said inhaling end of said inhalertube.
 18. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 17,further comprising a detachable mouthpiece detachably coupling with saidinhaling end of said inhaler tube for inhaling said smoke thereat. 19.The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim 18, wherein saidinhaler tube comprises a bottom filtering net mounted therein as abottom wall of said treatment chamber for preventing said smokingelement falling to said flame producing portion of said lighter, and anupper filtering net mounted therein as an upper wall of said treatmentchamber for retaining said smoking element between said upper and bottomfiltering nets.
 20. The self-lighting smoking tool, as recited in claim5, wherein said inhaler tube comprises a tubular inhaling guiderdefining said inhaling end and said treatment chamber thereat, and atubular lighter guider which is defining said lighter-adapter endthereat and is detachably and coaxially coupling with said inhalingguider end-to-end, wherein said ventilating slots are spacedly formed atsaid surrounding wall of said lighter guider at a position that saidventilating slots are located below said bottom filtering net, whereinsaid upper and bottom filtering nets are formed at said inhaling guiderand said lighter guider respectively.